Babson Explains Investment Trusts Open and Closed End
Babson Park Massachusetts February 16 Investment Trusts offer ways to buy General Electric at a discount when paired with other listed stocks Open end trusts hold diversified securities and charge a sales commission while closed end trusts trade on exchanges with possible price discounts or premiums The S E C is praised for curbing abuses and protecting investors while preserving benefits of both trust types
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Babson Park
Mass
General Electric
Philadelphia
Commission
T’s
I’s
Securities & Exchange Commission
Roads and walks icy Wednesday warn travelers
Rain and freezing temperatures turned sidewalks and highways into hazards for pedestrians and motorists. Although milder midday thaw reduced some ice, slick spots remained and a cooling forecast kept caution in effect. Snow had largely melted from last week’s warmth, with light snow last Monday confined to Rockford area.
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Rockford
Pink And Blue Shower Honors Mrs Heffelfinger At Home
Hostesses Mrs Harlan Handel and Mrs Paul Beck led a pink and blue shower for Mrs Charles Heffelfinger at the former’s residence with guests listed including Erin Barnhart George Lang Jack Doden James Morgan Albert Queckboerner Robert Queckboerner Alec Brightman Boyd Handel Glen Hartman Lloyd Handel and Edith Hartman Refreshments were served later in the afternoon On Feb 13 Mrs Maude Alexander hosted a dinner honoring her son Cpl Louis Alexander with Orion and Clarence Hartman Chester Alexander and family and Arlene Voeckel in attendance
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Harlan Handel
Paul Beck
Charles Heffelfinger
Erin Barnhart
George Lang
Jack Doden
James Morgan
Albert Queckboerner
Robert Queckboerner
Alec Brightman
Boyd Handel
Glen Hartman
Lloyd Handel
Edith Hartman
Maude Alexander
Cpl
Louis Alexander
Orion Alexander
Clarence Hartman
Chester Alexander
Vernon
Arlene Voeckel
Former Mount Carroll Woman Dies In Elgin
Funeral services for Miss Florence E. Schmidt were held at 2 p.m. Saturday in Mt. Carroll with Dr. K. K. Olafson officiating. Burial followed in Oak Hill cemetery. Miss Schmidt died suddenly at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Elgin at her sister’s home. Born near Mt. Carroll she was the daughter of John and Matilda Schmidt and a Mt. Carroll High School graduate. She had worked at the Savanna ordnance depot before relocating to Elgin in 1942 with her sister and brother-in-law. Surviving are her mother five brothers and four sisters.
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Mount Carroll
Elgin
Florence E. Schmidt
Mt. Carroll
Frank
K. K. Olafson
Oak Hill Cemetery
Miss Schmidt
M. K. Lynn
John
Matilda Schmidt
Mt. Carroll High School
Savanna Ordnance Depot
George
Herbert
Harold
Otto
Edgerton
Wis
Sgt
Lee
Philippines
Lynn
Anthony Filliger
Chicago
Leonore Schmidt
Savanna
Carolyn Schmidt
Mount Carroll Mutual Elects Board Members
Mount Carroll Mutual Fire Insurance elected Glenn C. Teeter and R. E. Boyd of Mt. Carroll as directors at the annual meeting. Conrad Heinze of Mt. Carroll was chosen to succeed his father as director, with William Heinze Sr. named honorary member. Frank Lister of Savanna was elected director for a one year term to fill I. S. Williams’s unexpired term. R. E. Boyd was named president, Charles Harris of Chadwick vice president, and H. P. Hostetter Sr. of Mt. Carroll secretary and treasurer at the organization meeting.
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Glenn C. Teeter
R. E. Boyd
Mt. Carroll
Mount Carroll Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Conrad Heinze
William Heinze
Frank Lister
Savanna
I. S. Williams
Mary Richter Resigns OAA Post. Miss Dupee Named Successor
Mrs. Mary Richter resigns as Carroll County public assistance superintendent effective February 15. Miss Sarah Dupee of Freeport is named her successor after ranking highest on the district register as no candidate qualified in the state-wide exams. Dupee has ten years welfare experience including two years as Illinois public aid representative in Jo Daviess, Carroll and Stephenson counties.
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Mary Richter
OAA
Carroll County Public Assistance
Ilinois Public Aid Commission
Sarah Dupee
Freeport
Beloit College
Illinois Public Aid
Jo Daviess
Carroll
Stephenson
County Register
State Merit System Council
Congressional District Register
Miss Dupee
Marriage Licenses Issued By County Clerk This Week
From the office of County Clerk W. M. Nipe several licenses were issued including A. G. Walker and Della Mae Guy of Savanna, Gail Frederick of Savanna, and Betty Albrecht, Mr. Carroll, Wesley H. Tempel of Forreston, and Esther E. Agnew of Rockford. Wills admitted to probate in Carroll County include Liffie R. Cheeseman Milledgeville with $2 000 to a brother Lester W. Brand granted life interest in 87 acre home farm to his son Merton B. Cheeseman and his wife with remainder to two granddaughters Ruth Warfield and Lois Harper. estate shared by son and daughter Cecile Blazier. Executor Lester Brand. Clara M. Clendenen Lanark bequeathed to daughters Martha May Knox and Lelia Ruth Buchanan with executrix Laura M. Francke Thomson and specific articles of property to relatives. David Switzer to receive any hardware store interest. rest divided among family. Ernest W. Francke named executor. Bertha B. Lartz Mt. Carroll estate split among seven children Ernest H. Larts Ella M. Frank Elsie M. Frank Hilda Phillips Viola Rediske Mildred Wilcke Erma Marr. Hilda Phillips and Elsie M. Frank named executrices. Jacob W. Ely Mt. Carroll leaves 25 percent to sister Dora Rummel 20 percent to Emma Phillips and 20 percent to Anna Miller. remainder to nieces and nephews. Wm. Howard Rummel named executor.
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Carroll County
O. M. Grove
Liffie R. Cheeseman
Milledgeville
Willy
Lester W. Brand
Merton B. Cheeseman
Ruth Warfield
Lois Harper
Cecile Blazier
Lester Brand
Clara M. Clendenen
Lanark
Martha May Knox
Lelia Ruth Buchanan
Laura M. Francke
Thomson
David Switzer
Henry
Hal) Francke
Ernest W. Francke
Clara Switzer
Bertha B. Lartz
Mt. Carroll
Ernest H. Larts
Ella M. Frank
Elsie M. Frank
Hilda Phillips
Viola Rediske
Mildred Wilcke
Erma Marr
Shannon High Clinches Carroll Title With 41 11 Win
Shannon High defeated Milledgeville 41 to 11 Friday night at Shannon to seal the Carroll conference title for the 1944-45 season. Dole scored 11 and Henze 10 for Shannon, who also won the preliminary game 24-12. Lanark beat Thomson 56-43, Cassens 12 for Lanark and Robinson 20 for Thomson. Lanark also won the lightweight 27-13 and Lanark grades 24-22. Mount Carroll won two, over Mt. Morris 37-24 after a 41-26 first game victory by Carroll reserves. Polo downed Mt. Carroll 40-30 in a rough night with 48 fouls called.
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Shannon High
Milledgeville
Shannon
Carroll
Dole
Henze
Lanark
Thomson
Cassens
Robinson
Mount Carroll
Mt. Morris
Polo High
Mt. Carroll
Cattle Bring $16 65 At Chicago Market
Carroll county cattle were among the high sellers at the Chicago Stock Yards market last Tuesday. A consignment of 35 Aberdeen Angus yearlings weighing 1050 pounds from Elmer Zuck’s Lanark area feedlots sold straight at $16.65 per cwt, near the day’s top.
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Carroll County
Chicago
Elmer Zuck
Lanark
Southwest Livestock Exposition Opens in Fort Worth
Calendar of events for March 9 to 18 lists the Southwest's oldest and largest Livestock Exposition in Fort Worth Texas. It features the World's Original Indoor Rodeo and traces its 1896 origin.
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Fort Worth
Texas
County Trade Shifts Prompt Carroll County Shopping Abroad
A University of Illinois study shows Carroll county residents buy in stores outside their county. 1939 income totaled 11.78 million with per capita 655 dollars, vs 1929 values of 17.66 million and 958. Local retail sales were 5.165 million while consumer purchases reached 6.363 million, indicating 1.198 million in retail trade moved outside the county.
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Urbana-Champaign
Carroll County
P. D. Converse
University of Illinois College of Commerce
Illinois
Chadwick and Shannon Vie for Shannon District Crown
Chadwick defeated Elizabeth 53 to 22 to reach the finals. Shannon beat York of Thomson 48 to 19 to advance. The winner advances to the regional tournament at Mt. Carroll to face Mt. Carroll in the opening round.
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Chadwick
Shannon
Elizabeth High
York
Thomson
Mt. Carroll
Elizabeth
Gene Weber
Hopkins
Cole
Robinson
Red Cross War Fund Drive Opens With County Quotas
March designates Red Cross War Fund Drive with a national goal of 200,000,000. Carroll county’s quota is 14,100 led by County War Fund Chairman Albert M. Greison of Savanna. Community quotas include Savanna 4,600 Mt. Carroll 2,350 Lanark 2,200 Milledgeville 1,550 Chadwick 1,150 Shannon 1,200 Thomson 1,050. Mrs Kenneth J McCall chairs Public Information in Savanna Ill.
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United States
Red Cross
Carroll County
Albert M. Greison
Savanna
Mt. Carroll
Lanark
Milledgeville
Chadwick
Shannon
Thomson
Kenneth J. McCall
Public Information
Ill
Thomson Briefs Ely Cochran installs local phone line 635
Thomson briefs record Joyce Marshall hosted by Jeanne Hogg last Friday. Numerous local families visited relatives and hosted guests across Clinton Savanna Morrison and Rockford. Oscar Kraft left for Chicago to attend his brother Henry A Krath's funeral.
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Joyce Marshall
Jeanne Hogg
Jackie McGinty
Rockford
Charles McGinty
Oliver Taschner
Clinton
Delia Melendy
Albert Prins
Paul Geerts
Albany
Irvin Renner
Mary Carolyn
Cordova
George St. Ores
Ed Sack
Dixon
Dan Sack
Kyle Melendy
Savanna
Donald Smith
Fred Whitney
Fred Backer
Charles McMann
Howard King
Donald
Morrison
Ben Stage
Kenneth Kemmer
Floyd Welch
M. Kyhl
Andover
George Salyer
H. A. Tobey
Mary Wagner
A. E. Mitchell
Frances Griswold
Carol Griswold
Scotia
N. Y
Wm. Griswold
Richard Badtke
Bill Bier
Forrest Gilbert
Port Byron
Eldon Hickey
Kennewick
Wash
Thomson
Oscar Kraft
Chicago
Henry A. Krath
County Ties for Top Corn Yield in 1944
Carroll county tied with White side county for first in Illinois corn production in 1944 with 64 bushels per acre, per A. J. Surratt state crop statistician. Stephenson county followed in second with 63 bushels per acre.
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Carroll County
Whiteside County
Illinois
A. J. Surratt
Stephenson County
Report Two Savanna Men Freed by Reds
Two Savanna men, Flight Officer Donald Casselberry and Sgt. Edward W. Handel, were listed by radio broadcasts as freed from German prison camps overrun by Russian forces in eastern Germany. Casselberry was reported missing July 7, 1945, after a North African air base mission and later identified as a prisoner. Handel, shot down over Germany August 6, 1944, was initially listed as missing before confirmation of capture. his wife is Violet Cramer, daughter of Circuit Clerk Chester Cramer.
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REDS
Donald Casselberry
Edward W. Handel
Germany
Casselberry
Henry Casselberry
Handel
William Handel
Savanna
Violet Cramer
Chester Cramer
Deaths in County Include W. T. S. Holman and Anna Carbaugh
W. T. S. Holman 80 died after a long illness at his Mt. Carroll home. Funeral rites were held there with Rev. R. H. Leitner officiating and burial in Oak Hill cemetery. He operated a furniture store and undertaking business, was a 32nd degree Mason, and survived by his widow and son Charles. Mrs. Anna Carbaugh 79 of Lanark was found dead at home after a heart ailment. no inquiry was held. Surviving relatives include a daughter, cousin, nieces, and a nephew.
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Mt. Carroll
W. T. S. Holman
R. H. Leitner
Oak Hill Cemetery
Mr. Holman
Charles
Sarah Cook Holman
Nettie Krause
Mt. Carroll Lodge
Sherman Bancroft
Mora, Minn
Anna Carbaugh
Lanark
Joseph Haller
John Carbaugh
Anna Blake
Chicago
Portland
Ore
Michigan
Frank D Bray longtime Lanark resident dies at 64
Frank D Bray 64 of Freeport died Thursday morning February 15 at a Freeport hospital after foot amputation last week. Funeral rites were held Saturday at the Lanark Frank funeral home with burial in Lanark. He was born December 20 1880 at Lanark son of Levi and Julia Bray. He married Mary P Linker in 1933 and had lived in Elizabeth and Freeport. Surviving are his widow a brother Roy D Bray of Lanark and three stepdaughters Glendon Farmer Lorraine Herbig and Donald Chapman of Elizabeth.
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Frank Bray
Lanark
Frank D. Bray
Freeport
Frank Funeral
Levi
Julia Bray
Mary P. Linker
Elizabeth
Roy D. Bray
Glendon Farmer
Lorraine Herbig
Donald Chapman
New Radar Test Times Announced at Rock Island Navy Station
The Radar Tests shift to Saturday sessions at 10 a m and 2 p m at the Navy Recruiting Station Rock Island Illinois. Eligible are 17 year old volunteers and 18 to 38 year olds who pass pre induction physicals and meet navy standards. No technical experience required. A passing Radar test earns Seaman first class, then ten months of advanced training to Petty Officer. Information available Fridays at the Savanna Post Office from 9 30 a m to 4 30 p m.
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Navy Recruiting Station
Rock Island
Ill
Navy
Savanna Post Office
Local families host visits and return home this weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Atherton and sons were supper guests Friday evening in the Edward French home. Connie and Jeanie Brown have returned to their grandparents home in Savanna after visiting with their parental grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Brown.
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Merle Atherton and Sons
Edward French
Connie
Jeanie Brown
Wes Mumford
Savanna
Guy Brown
Call Group For Pre Induction Physical Exams Carroll County
Carroll county selective service board selects registrants for pre induction physical exams including Lyle R Toepfer Fay Bast Charles Munson James Eaton Jas Johnson Eldin Bonjour Frank Williams Harvey Fossett Alfred Hartje Donald Rupp John Backenkellier transfer for processing and possible induction.
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Carroll County
Carroll County Selective Service Board
Lyle R. Toepfer
Fay FE. Bast
Charles R. Munson
James W. Eaton
Jas R. Johnson
Eldin Bonjour
Frank S. Williams
Harvey M. Fossett
Alfred W. Hartje
Donald L. Rupp
John H. Backenkellier
Betty Sisler Weds Sgt Herman Rose in Rockford
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Betty Sisler of Rockford daughter of Mr and Mrs Wesley Sisler of Mt Carroll to Sgt Herman Rose of Rockford. The ceremony was at 7 p m on Saturday Feb 10 at the Sec ond Congregational church manse Rockford with Rev John Gordon officiating Attendants were Mr and Mrs Edward Voeckel. Betty a Mt Carroll high school graduate attended Davenport business college and works in Rockford Herman attended Morrison schools and after Marine enlistment served in the southwest Pacific and in California with a fighter squadron
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Betty Sisler
Rockford
Wesley Sisler
Mt. Carroll
Herman Rose
Second Congregational Church
John Gordon
Edward Voeckel
Mt. Carroll High School
Business College
Davenport
Morrison
Marine Corps
el Centro
Calif
Southwest Pacific
Knight and Reibel Couple Wed in Amboy Church
Miss Vera May Knight of Savanna and Paul W. Reibel of Savanna were married at 11 a m February 14 in Immanuel Lutheran church Amboy. The Rev Co L Wagner performed the single ring ceremony with attendants Miss Florence Reibel and Charles E Knight. The bride worked in a Savanna beauty shop four years and the groom is employed by the Milwaukee railroad. they will reside in Savanna.
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Vera May Knight
Savanna
Alonzo Knight
Amboy
Paul W. Reibel
William Reibel
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Co. L. Wagner
Florence Reibel
Charles E. Knight
Reibel
Milwaukee Railroad
Ferne Leone Derrer to Wed Russell E. Miller in Mt. Carroll
Mr and Mrs Adolph Derrer Jr announce the engagement of their daughter Ferne Leone to Russell E Miller son of Mr and Mrs Ernest C Miller both of Mt Carroll The wedding is set for Easter Sunday April 1 at the First Methodist church Mt Carroll.
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Adolph Derrer, Jr
Mt. Carroll
Ferne Leone
Russell E. Miller
Ernest C. Miller
First Methodist Church
Taxpayers' Ass'n Elects Savanna Man President
Ola J. Thomas of Savanna was elected president of the Carroll County Taxpayers' association at a Mt. Carroll meeting last Thursday. He succeeds Ben Williamson of Mr. Carroll, who became secretary. Re-elected officers include Milton Hess Lanark first vice president Paul A. Palmer Savanna second vice president and Charles Harris Savanna treasurer.
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Ola J. Thomas
Savanna
Carroll County Taxpayers’ Association
Mt. Carroll
Thomas
Ben Williamson
Carroll
Williamson
Vernon Todd
Milledgeville
Milton Hess
Lanark
Paul A. Palmer
Charles Harris
Young Couple Entertain Friends Friday
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Adolph newlyweds entertained friends and neighbors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Queckboerner last Friday evening. Ice cream cake and cookies were served. The couple was presented a gift from the group.
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Richard Adolph
Walter Queckboerner
Guests in Stickeli Home Dinner Hosts
Mr and Mrs J Y Stickell entertained guests at a 630 dinner Friday evening with Ed Mest Roy Queckboerner Fred Schreiner Ed Schreiner O H Rahn and George Bast. Ed Mest and Mrs Ed Schreiner won high scores while Mrs Ed Mest and George Bast posted low scores.
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J. Y. Stickell
Ed Mest
Roy Queckboerner
Fred Schreiner
Ed Schreiner
O. H. Rahn
George Bast
Rook
Savanna Ruth Circle Event and Local Moves
Mrs Sylvester McWorthy entertained the Ruth circle of the Methodist church in Savanna Tuesday evening. Mrs Ruth Arling of Rock Island spent the weekend with Elynor Stagg and plans to move to Macomb this week. A marriage license was issued at Clinton Iowa to Beverly Tyler of Camache and Leola Turney of Clinton.
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Sylvester McWorthy
Ruth Circle
The
Methodist Church
Savanna
Ruth Arling
Rock Island
Elynor Stagg
Arling
Macomb
Clinton
Iowa
Beverly Tyler
Camanche
Leola Turney
Letter from Lt Harold Fink in the Philippines
Lt Harold Fink writes from the Philippines about his convoy up from New Guinea, island landings, and local life. He describes roads, bridges, destroyed rails, native towns, clothing shortages, English speaking locals, and daily camp activities, including hiring islanders for work and food trades.
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Lieut
Harold Fink
Philippines
New Guinea
Somese
Also Mentioned on This Page
Babson
Mount Carroll Mutual
House News
W. M. Nipe
A. G. Walker
Della Mae Guy
Gail Frederick
Betty Albrecht
Mr. Carroll
Wesley H. Tempel
Forreston
Esther E. Agnew
Jacob W. Ely
Dora Rummel
Emma Phillips
Anna Miller
Howard Rummel
County
RED Cross Drive
Thomson Briefs
Ely Cochran
Sisler
Rose
Taxpayers’ Ass’n
Savanna Man
Stickeli
William Fink
York Community High School
Philippine Islands
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